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major league

 
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–noun
1. either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
2. a league of corresponding stature in certain other sports, as ice hockey, football, or basketball.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism

ma⋅jor-league

  [mey-jer-leeg]
–adjective
1. Sports. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
2. belonging to or among the best or most important of its kind: a major-league orchestra.
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism
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major league  
n.  

  1. Either of the two principal groups of professional baseball teams in the United States.

  2. A league of principal importance in other professional sports, such as basketball, football, or ice hockey.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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